Hosiery protector



Sept. 14, 1948. F. L. HARRIMAN 2,445,115

HOS IERY PROTECTOR Filed Dec. 27, 1946 Flora llfarriman 1 t I t 2 v lilo rue):

Patented Sept. 14, 1948 UN I TED VS TATES PAT EzNT O FFI-C E HOSIERY PROTECTOR :Flora L. Harriman, Lansing, Mich. Application December'27, 1946,Serial No. 718,819

4 Claims.

'This invention relates to a protective garment adapted to be worn over ladies hosiery, above and adjacent the shoes for especially protecting the back, lower part of the hosiery from being spotted and stained While walking during inclement weather.

Considerable diificulty is encountered by ladies walking during inclement weather in preventing the backs of the stockings, above and adjacent the shoes'from becoming spotted. Saidspots are almost impossible to avoid an-d'the stains resulting therefrom are very difiicult to remove from the hosiery requiring considerable rubbing and thus subjecting the hosiery to excessive wear so as to materially reduce the usable life thereof. Furthermore, the spots and resulting stains are very unsightly and must ordinarily be wornuntil such time as the stockings or hosiery can be changed for. laundering.

It is a primary object of the present invention to provide protectors of extremely simpleconstruction adapted to be employed in pairs and which may be quickly and easily applied to the ankles and around the upper portion of the shoes for protecting the back part of the hosiery from spots and stains.

Another object of the invention is to provide hosiery protectors which may be formed of plastic or other flexible transparent material and from which the spots or stains can be readily removed by wiping.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide hosiery protectors which may be formed of clear transparent plastics or of a colored transparent plastic to conform to hosiery shades.

Still another object of the invention is to provide hosiery protectors which may be readily folded and carried in a raincoat pocket when not in use and which may be constructed to match hat coverings, frequently carried with the raincoat for protecting the hat from rain.

Various other obiects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view howing one of the hosiery protectors in an extended position;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the hosiery protector applied to the left leg and foot;

Figure 3 is a front elevational View showing the hosiery protector applied to the right leg and foot, and

Figure 4 is a rear elevational view showing the protector applied to the left leg.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the hosiery protector in its entirety is designated generally 5 and isfo-rmed from a single piece or sheet of flexible; plastic or other flexible, waterproof material, and a binding strip, designated generally i.

The flexible sheet-6 is preferably transparent, or subtantially transparent, and may be either clear or of a color to conform to a shade of ladies hosiery. y'I'he-sheet 5 is of angular formation having cuter substantially straight edges 8 which form substantially aright angle and inner edges which are bound by the intermediate portion of the binding 1 which is stitched at 9 or otherwise secured thereto. The inneredges of the sheet 5 include substantially straight right angularly disposedportions l0 and outer convexly curved portions H. The portions ll merge with the outer ends of the outer edges .8 and the binding tape projects therebeyon'd to form tie strings or tapes [2.

One of the hosiery protectorsd is applied to each leg and a description of the application of one of said protectors will suffice for the application of both. The center of theprotector is positioned acrossthe-back of the lower-part of the leg and with the apex l3, formed by the edges 8, aligned with the seam of the hose or stocking M, which encases the leg. The intermediate portion of the binding 7 is disposed around the ankle adjacent the upper edge of the shoe l5 and may, if desired, overlie said edge. The end portions of the sheet 6 are .then crossed over the instep, one above the other, as seen in Figures 2 and 3 and pass downwardly under the instep 16 of the shoe l5, as far as said end portions will extend, and the tape or ties l2, forming contin-uations of said end portions, are crossed under the shoe instep l8 and brought around and tied at i! over the instep of the foot and over the crossed portions of the protector 5, for effectively securing the protector around the ankle and lower portion of the leg. With a pair of the protectors 5 thus applied over the hose or stockings l4, water which normally splashes onto the backs of the lower part of the stockings, as when walking in wet or inclement weather, will only strike the protector or shield portion 6 and may be readily wiped therefrom. When not required, the two protecting shields 5 may be readily removed by untying the ends of the tie strings l2 and said protectors may be folded and placed in a raincoat pocket for convenient storage.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventlon as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a hose protector, a sheet of flexible, waterproof material having corresponding portions disposed at a right angle to one another, said protector being adapted to be disposed with the intermediate portion thereof positioned against the back ofthe leg and ankle with the outer edges thereof extending around the leg and converging at the back of the leg and the inner edges thereof disposed around the ankle and adjacent the shoe, the end portions of said protector being crossed one over the other over the instep of the foot and under the instep of the shoe.

2. In a hose protector, a sheet of flexible, waterproof material having corresponding portions disposed at a right angle to one another, said protector being adapted to be disposed with the intermediate portion thereof positioned against the back of the leg'and ankle with the outer edges thereof extending around the leg and converging at the back of the leg and the inner edges thereof disposed around the ankle and adjacent the shoe, the end portions of said protector being crossed one over the other over the instep of the foot and under the instep of the shoe, and said end portions having ties extending therefrom and adapted to be passed up and secured together over the instep and over the first mentioned crossed portions of the protector.

3. In a hose protector, a sheet of flexible, waterproof material having corresponding portions disposed at a right angle to one another, said protector being adapted to be disposed with the intermediate portion thereof positioned against the back of the leg and ankle with the outer edges thereof extending around the leg and converging at the back of the leg and the inner edges thereof disposed around the ankle and adjacent the shoe, the end portions of said protector being crossed one over the other over the instep of the foot and under the instep of Number the shoe, said inner edges being provided with a, binding strip extending from end to end thereof and having free end portions forming ties adapted to be extended from the ends of the 5 protector and secured together over the instep,

for detachably securing the protector on the leg.

4. A protector shield for hosiery comprising a relatively thin flexible sheet of substantially waterproof material, said sheet having outer sub- 10 stantially straight edges disposed substantially at a right angle and inner edges having substantially right angularly disposed inner portions and outer convex portions converging and merging with the outer ends of said outer edges, a binding tape secured to said inner edges from end to end thereof and having portions projecting from the ends of said inner edges and forming tie strings, said sheet being adapted to be disposed around the ankle and lower portion of the leg with said first mentioned outer edges converging at the back of the leg, the bound edges of the sheet being adapted to be disposed around or adjacent the upper edge of the shoe, the end portions of the protector being crossed one over the other at and over the instep of the foot and extending downwardly under the instep of the shoe, and the end portions of the protector or the tie strings being crossed under the shoe instep and being extended over the instep of the foot and secured together over the first mentioned crossed portions of the protector for securing the protector on the leg and around a portion of the shoe.

FLORA L. HARRIMAN.

35 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date 882,235 Cohen Mar. 17, 1908 1,183,001 Gleason May 16, 1916 1,416,621 Seibert May 16, 1922 Crocker Dec. 8, 1931 

